Breaking News for Jacksons’ Crossroads Amethyst crystal pay to dig fee mine , Hogg Mine star rose quartz, tourmaline , Aquamarine , and a few other pay to dig crystal mines as well , updated SEPT.  23 Late edition . First time visitors are encourage to add this webpage  ( bookmark ) to your favorites for fast access to the latest scoops on notable producing locales– ones where YOU , for a low fee , can go dig and collect nice crystals and minerals. Also , after browsing the rest of my homemade website visit the slick commercial version www.dixieeuhedrals.net for streaming video of monster machine digs , a photo gallery and more. Jack "buzzsaw" Wheat will probably be out at JXR this weekend with his demolition saw . Jack has been good in the past about sawing folks matrix specimens down to a nice display size ----- RIGHT THERE ON THE LOCATION ! Open  amethyst dig Saturday and Sunday at JXR .  If you know where the place is at , feel free to just drop in  this Saturday and Sunday only  ,  $25 to dig on the original JXR Moore tract . Most of the water has dried up in the front hole and the rock is starting to crack after being exposed to the weather . There are also big tailings piles and the surface is littered with  big boulders to break. I'll be working in the back on the Ledford - Moore tract with a big machine . This is off limits save for the elite few that recieved an invite and that have paid additional monies . If you have attended a machine dig in the past , you probably qualify to attend this weekends event . The number to call over this weekend is the "AMETHYST CONNECTION  @ 404 - 520 - 5059 " . Machine dig at jxr , Saturday September 24 . This is by invitation only .  I went Monday , Sept. 19  to the lagrange clear crystal mine . I moved a lot of dirt around . I also cleaned out the hole and exposed crystal viens in the walls . Good big clear crystals ! Collecting at this location is better than it has been in many months . This same day I also went to the Hogg mine . I did more work in the rose quartz pit. You will not believe all the good rose quartz just lying around. I also went to the dumps area and spread the old piles over a flat area and then dug into the bank to get fresh dirt. There is beryl in these dumps , green , yellow , blue , and sometimes gemmy aquamarine.  I also dug up more quartz boulders that have tourmaline in them , in the tourmaline area . Anyone wanting to set up a collecting trip just call me at 404 - 975 - 8005 . And as usual , new material put up for bid on ebay : www.stores.ebay.com/dixieeuhedrals  Some folks bought the tract adjacent to my jxr property and the Ledford - Moore tract , and I understand they have been doing some digging  over this weekend. I may resume digging at jxr this coming weekend myself. Anyone interested in visiting JXR to dig for amethyst , just give me a shout and I'll hook you up . A lot of folks plan on attending the upcoming Oct. 7 , 8 , 9 , three day open dig at nearby Graves Mountain . I hope to have lots of fresh dirt moved around at Jackson's Crossroads , because I know a lot of folks making the trip like to visit several places and may wish to come dig for amethyst . Graves mountain is  located about 30 miles by road to JXR . I just got in a new batch of Jackson's Crossroads amethyst that I sent to Mike Watkins to facet . Here is a picture of a  flawless14 carat stone with incredible color.Just a reminder that anyone that wants to schedule a trip to JXR to hunt for amethyst should give me a call . It's only $25 to visit !  Lastly, I have added a whole bunch of very nice items on ebay , check them out to see what all I put up for sale here : www.stores.ebay.com/dixieeuhedrals ............Here's a super gemmy , glorious glowing piece of star rose quartz that was found at the Hogg Mine Saturday . It's for sale with a starting bid of only three measly dollars , and the auction expires in a day or two . Check it out here : ( sold )  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6560837060   Here's  a picture of a faceted JXR amethyst set in a ring   It was cut from a stone that was found by Carl Rogers "Stone was set by Skip Colflesh of the Jewelers Bench in Hershey, PA".    Here's a email I recieved today from a first time visitor to the Hogg Mine last Saturday :Rodney, I would like to thank you for this past Saturday, the kids, wife
and I had a great time.  This was the first time I have taken my family on
a rock hunt and they are now officially hooked.  We had one heck of a good
time.  I have found a lot of rose quartz in my time, however none have
quite the quality we found at your location.  Thank You!

I would also like to return this Friday Sep. 16, after knowing what is
around I do not want to wait for Saturday.  I will be only looking the rose
stuff. Please send me a time when you will be open for Friday.

Thanks again

Eric Gano
Columbus, GA.
Machine dig at Jackson's Crossroads Sept .24  for amethyst , call  404-975-8005 for info .  New items put on ebay today and tomorrow www.stores.ebay.com/dixieeuhedrals  including Hogg mine material and JXR amethyst . I had a huge trackhoe in the main pit at the Hogg mine  yesterday ( Saturday Sept. 09 ) . Incredible large chunks of gemmy flawless fracture free , good coloured rock ! The next weekend will be the best chance in a long while to get good rose quartz EASY ! 404-975-8005 to set up your visit for Friday or Saturday  , $35 per person .   Saturday Sept. 03 's visitors were Joe Ellis from Alpharetta , Georgia   and Jason Curtis of Lutz, Florida  and regular digger David Blount . Fieldtrip leader was Monte Mcgee .  Lots of beryl , tourmaline and rose quartz recovered. Monte says everyone got good material from the new strike of the good colored gemmy rose . Monte asked Mr. Ellis if he would make a qoute for this web page :Mr. Ellis said "It's a great site, there's a little of everything here. You definitely won't come back empty-handed no matter what. " He said he was the pres. of a customer service research co and he gave the Hogg highest complements. Dan Mays of Cobb county, Ga. and Marlow and Doug Gilbert of Lutz , Florida attended the Hogg today . Both  parties called to tell me their trip went very well and much of the new strike of gemmy pink star rose quartz continued.  Anyone wanting to book a trip to the Hogg mine , call 404-975-8005 .    I took a backhoe into the old main pit today  ( Thursday , Sept. 01 ) . The main pit has trees growing in it that are up to 20 years old . It took about 20 years for enough soil to wash in that would support tree growth  .  It was no time at all , after prying up a boulders , that I hit a huge seem of good pink gemmy star rose quartz.   I got more in one hour than I have in the last 2 months combined ! This was big softball sized chunks with great pink color . I got in so late and the sun was setting, so no pix yet. One couple that was visiting from South Florida really lucked up , as they got an entire 5 gallon bucket of the gemmy rose quartz. Don Henderson and Bob Madden were there and they got a good bit of this too. I left  a big amount on the surface and boulders too .  About 5 diggers have signed up for Friday and only a couple for Saturday . I fully expect there to be plenty of rose quartz from this hit to last over the weekend - although the folks that get there saturday should not expect any material to be lying on the surface , I dug such a huge amount that the loose material should have plenty of gemmy rose  , and if you dig just a little bit you'll hit the seam  where I left off with the machine .  I don't get excited by a whole lot , but I was thrilled to see a vast amount of pink material -- good , select , CHOICE material -- roll out when the bucket hit it .  Call 404-975-8005 to schedule your trip .            Jackson's Crossroads land for sale. This land now reported to be under contract.  Yep , that's right , 21 acres of land that border my jxr holding  - $84,000.00, and also border the ledford-moore tract . This property line is 50 feet away from all the good amethyst I have been digging . I don't know if any amethyst is on this tract . I would rather have a rockhound for a neighbor instead of deer hunters or who knows what else. I am not too worried about competition as I am confident that with my 20 years of digging experiance in that area  that no one can operate as effectively and efficiently as I do . A smaller ten acre tract may be had , but you'll pay out the yang for it . It was listed with a realty company that advertises to deer hunters this past Monday and a sale may not be too far away .  On that note , Just in from cutter Jerry Call , is some stones I got in the mail after his faceting : 67 carat cushion cut   and a killer 29 carat flawless oval .  These photo's do not do justice to the stones , that are of a peculiar blue colour when viewed from one angle and a tanzanite color from another and your standard red- purple from another angle . The reddish purple was considered the most desirable colour prior to the discovery of the Crossroads amethyst . .........................NEW MATERIAL NOW ON SALE AT MY EBAY STORE see link below  I did some digging Saturday , Aug. 27 and here is the results :   I started off the morning by opening up the tourmaline hole . As soon as I collected a few nice specimens I turned the hole over to the visiting diggers . Glen Williams from Augusta and Nancey Seavers from same , did well I am told . I don't know about the other folks.  If you and your club want to come dig , give me a call at 404-975-8005 .     Next , I took a break and showed off what the star rose quartz looks like when cabbed :Here's a closer look ( photo taken under indoor lighting ) . The stars are faint , and do not photo well : As all y'all probably know , I sell all types of Georgia minerals on eBay , click here to check it out : www.stores.ebay.com/dixieeuhedrals       One of the diggers-- John Denney -- found a super nice good blue eyeclean aquamarine facet rough ( a partial crystal )  it's super blue . Held up under a light you can see it is super transparent facet grade  I am told that someone in the group ( I am not sure who) found a large partial beryl with gemmy areas .  I worked a machine in the back , and found a good bit of various kinds of beryl , including this nice aquamarine crystal  This was expertly extracted by Thomas Davis , Dr. Bob Madden , and Don Henderson , who helped me work the hole some . I am just cool like that , the regular folks who come dig with me a lot , I often press them into service when the crystals get thick ! One of the guys that got to get in the hole for a bit , Lawrence Davis  , retrieved these aqua's out of the core . Note the blood on his hands and on the crystals With that sharp fractured quartz , almost everyone gets at least one small scratch   I'll be back digging for amethyst soon  Holler at me if your interested in doing some digging .